Author: Minnesota Hospital Service AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
History of Blue Cross for Hospital Service and Blue Shield for Medical Service
Author: Minnesota Hospital Service AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Blues
Author: Robert Maris CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780875802244
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A history of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system, America's largest and oldest health insurer, from its beginnings to the 1990s. It draws on company archives and shows how its management has pursued the goal of health care coverage over seven decades of social and economic change.
Blue Cross and Medical Service Plans
Author: Louis S. ReedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The Story of Blue Cross
Author: Louis Heaton PinkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitalization insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Blue Cross Since 1929
Author: Odin Waldemar AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Proposals for the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association and Blue Cross-Blue Shield Health Service, Inc., as Approved August 20, 1948 for Submission to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans
Author: American Hospital Association. Blue Cross CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Social Role of Blue Cross as a Device for Financing the Costs of Hospital Care
Author: Fredric Raymond HedingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Story of Blue Cross
Author: Louis Heaton PinkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
This pamplet contains information about Blue Cross health insurance and its services and benefits.
Health Insurance and Managed Care
Author: Peter R. KongstvedtPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 128415209X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Health Insurance and Managed Care: What They Are and How They Work is a concise introduction to the workings of health insurance and managed care within the American health care system. Written in clear and accessible language, this text offers an historical overview of managed care before walking the reader through the organizational structures, concepts, and practices of the health insurance and managed care industry. The Fifth Edition is a thorough update that addresses the current status of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), including political pressures that have been partially successful in implementing changes. This new edition also explores the changes in provider payment models and medical management methodologies that can affect managed care plans and health insurer.
Health Policy-- the Hard Way
Author: James E. LudlamPublisher: Hope Publishing House
ISBN: 9780932727947
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Anyone interested in how our current healthcare dilemma came to be will be fascinated by the tales told in Health Policy--The Hard Way, for this book not only traces the inside story of the development of Blue Cross and Blue Shield through the 1956 adoption and implementation of Medicare and Medicaid, but also analyzes the medical malpractice tort reform crisis of 1975, up to and including the shift to managed care. It is an important document for those who want to track what has happened to healthcare during these decades as well as providing an important springboard for all those interested in addressing the predicament of current healthcare needs. This is a wonderful resource to add to the discussion of the public heal th issues and for those trying to understand how the United States, albeit one of the wealthiest nations in all history, cannot provide an adequate national health policy program for its citizens. The author, a founder of the specialty of health-care law, is especially well-suited to assess this vital issue, having provided legal and policy counsel to more than 100 hospitals and healthcare organizations.